A babysitter has admitted persuading a 13-year-old boy to touch her sexually while they watched television together.

Mary-Ellen Mooney had been babysitting at a family home when one of the child’s friends visited the house and was welcomed in by the child minder.

A judge heard that the 13-year-old boy had gone to visit one of the children Mooney had been trusted to protect and care for, while their parents had been away.

But as the 18-year-old sat on the sofa watching TV with the young boy, she began making sexual suggestions and the pair started ‘cuddling’.

Mary-Ellen Mooney (Picture: Facebook)

Mooney then grabbed hold of the young boy’s hand and ‘guided’ it down to her genital area, placing his hand under her underwear.

Richard Milne, prosecuting, said: ‘It was believed that all this all happened in a period of minute and also involved the pair kissing on the lips.’

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Just days following the sexual activity – on January 10 – Mooney, of Black Heath Cresent, Bradwell Common, Milton Keynes, Bucks., continued to pursue the boy by sending him Facebook messages describing what the pair could do if they were to meet again.

The judge, sitting at Aylesbury Crown Court in Amersham, heard that members of the boy’s family had confronted Mooney following the allegations of her sexual behaviour and launched an assault in retaliation which was dealt with by police.

The teenager, who worked as a full time insurance sales operative, faces jail and will be sentenced on November 10.